If not for one thrilling 97th minute goal, the USA v. Venezuela friendly would have been forgettable at best. A team that had looked aimless most of the night was matched against players with a very defensive mindset, and thus little progress was made on either end of the pitch. Once the US began finding [.

Spanish International & Real Madrid Goalkeeper IKER CASILLAS played his 127 International match for the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM against COSTA RICA to make him the highest "capped" player in SPANISH FOOTBALL History. However COSTA RICA nearly "rained" on the special day for Casillas & the current World Champions drawing with SPAIN 2 - 2 & again lifting Spanish eye-brows & some enquiring

Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck has been ruled out of England's friendly today with Sweden due to a muscle problem. The striker will return to his club to assess the injury. Could Welbeck's injury be a silver lining for mis-firing ... Continue reading →

ENGLAND hosted the current FIFA World Champions SPAIN at Wembley for an International Friendly with the home side winning 1 - 0. Another defeat for Spain in a Friendly that is not to much of a drama but has lessons that should be noted as there are signs that call for attention & correction. England remembered more a traditional Italian team ( Manager Capello ) which defended more that attacked,

Frank Lampard is quickest to react after Darren Bents header rebounds off the post to head England in front at Wembley against Spain.

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Craig Bellamy adds to ,a href="http://www.attackingsoccer.com/2011/11/bale-goal-v-norway/">Gareth Bale's opener with a wonder strike which curls into the top corner, Wales 2-0 Norway.

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Gareth Bale gives Wales a 1-0 lead in their friendly match-up with Norway with a wonderful volley.

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Kenny Miller marks his 58th Scotland appearance with a wonder goal in last nights friendly in Cyprus which ended 2-1 to the Scots.

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Loic Remy came off the bench to grab the winner for France in their friendly with an under str ength USA side who were unfortunate not to grab a draw.

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It's USMNT game day and we're pumped as always to see what Klinnsmann and the Nats have in store for us, but it's the above retro clip that has us buzzing as well.
Dave Brett (who's based in FBM HQ's city of Austin) collects historic videos of American soccer and he sent us a link to the above clip that he posted to YouTube yesterday.

Good first half. Familiar lack of finishing. Weak second and predictably punished. The defense did look better organized (at least until Bocanegra left) though uncomfortable against the quick counter, something that should have Mexico salivating. Anyway, just a few thoughts...
* Chandler looked really impressive at the problem left back spot.

A win, 1-0 over a second-tier CONCACAF side, and probably just about a deserved one, though by no means hugely impressive. The US showed well in patches against Honduras, and a couple of individuals can be proud of their performances, but collectively, the one word that consistently appears in my notes, often double- or triple-underlined, is sloppy.

Granted, these early matches under the Klinsmann regime are all about assessing players and introducing the new boss's style, so it's not yet time to go overboard with complaints about players who don't belong, defensive disorganization, and lack of chances created. Sadly, my suspicion is that we're going to have plenty of chances to file those complaints down the road.

Spain came from 2-0 down to beat Chile 3-2 last night in a so called friendly in Chile last night which turned ugly in the 90th minute with both sets of players and officials involved in a brawl.

The SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM managed to comeback & defeat a difficult CHILE 3 - 2 tonight in an International Friendly played in Geneva ( Switzerland). There was two SPAINs tonight: a terrible & unrecognisable first half team & an improved more efficient second half side. However the Spanish victory came thanks to a "non-existent" last minute penalty that rebounded back into the path of

The SPANISH FOOTBALL Federation has announced today that SPAIN will meet CHILE in an upcoming Friendly International to be played in Geneva (Switzerland) on the 2nd of September. The cited game for Spain was originally meant for Brazil, which pulled out & cancelled without any real reason, which leads to suspect that they wished to confront the current World Champions under better conditions.

Was out of town yesterday & couldn´t post the last two ( A-team & U-20) SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM encounters, which ended with a draw, that is, a loss & a win. Although the news is now old, SPAIN lost 2 -1 at Bari to home team ITALY, & the U-20 youngsters won 7-6 SOUTH KOREA in the penalty shoot out after their match finished 0 - 0 at the U-20 FIFA World Championships.

Los Eternos Rivales, eh?

It certainly started to look like it after about 30 minutes when the Mexico we've come to know and love started asserting is prickish best after looking in a different class for the first half hour. It's been weird lately, watching Mexico play within themselves, so it came as something of a relief when their true colors started bleeding through.

After one of the more uninteresting first-half performances seen in a while, the US Men's National team produced an encouraging second half that will leave Jurgen Klinsmann with plenty of optimism after his debut game. The final score of against Mexico finished 1-1.

Goals by Riccardo Montolivo and a late Alberto Aquilani strike saw Italy beat Spain 2-1 during the midweek spate of matches. Xabi Alonso had temporarily levelled for the European and World champions at the Stadio Comunale San Nicola in Bari. However, it was Liverpool forgotten man Alberto Aquilani who hit the winner six minutes from [.

The Jurgen Klinsmann-era begins today against Mexico.
What better way to ring in the occassion than with a classical-synth-techno-pop highlight reel of our new coach.
Here we go!
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England's international friendly with Netherlands, due to be played in Wednesday, is in jeopardy of being called off due to rioting currently taking place in London. Very disappointing scenes of violence and looting have led to two games being cancelled, Tuesday's games at Charlton and West Ham were called off on police advice.

SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has handed in his list of Spanish Football players that will make up the National squad to meet ITALY the 10th of August in the Italian city of Bari in an International Friendly match. Spanish Football player Thiago The novelty is the inclusion of FC Barcelona young midfielder & U-21 International , THIAGO ALCANTERA who is

An embarrassing first half followed by a more competitive second with the introductions of Dempsey, Cherundolo, and Bradley. A few very quick thoughts?
- Bradley is the first choice in central midfield, no question. His partner is open to debate. With a healthy Holden available, I'd be leaning that way, but of those on offer, I'd probably opt for Edu at the moment.

The World Football - Soccer Champions SPAIN defeated USA in a International Friendly at Boston (USA) 0 - 4 in their first game of a two match Spanish Football National Team tour that takes them onto Venezuela next week. Spanish Football International Cazorla scored twice The match was played on an awkward surface with natural grass placed on top of the habitual artificial surface which made

Argentina's 'Under-25′ B-team played a friendly in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday, and got thumped 4-1 by a home side who looked infinitely more up for the match than their visitors. A side captained by Pablo Zabaleta were 3-0 down at ... Continue reading →

Let's be honest. After the stirring fightback against Argentina, you always knew the heavy legs and emotional comedown were going to cost the US against a side built to grind out results. While there were significant flaws, the performance was actually better than I expected and, save for a set piece let down and a possible missed PK call by the ref, the song might have been a more satisfying one come the final whistle.

Let's be honest. After the stirring fightback against Argentina, you always knew the heavy legs and emotional comedown were going to cost the US against a side built to grind out results. While there were significant flaws, the performance was actually better than I expected and, save for a set piece let down and a possible missed PK call by the ref, the song might have been a more satisfying one come the final whistle.

Holland beat Austria 3-1 last night, with goals from Wesley Sneijder, Klass Van Huntelaar and a Dirk Kuyt penalty, Austria pulled one back from the spot with 15 minutes remaining but there was to be no dramatic comeback.

Aston Villa pair Darren Bent and Ashley Young helped England to a 2-1 win over Denmark in a friendly in Copenhagen last having gone behind to a Daniel Agger goal early in the first-half.

The reigning World Champions SPAIN won 1 - 0 COLOMBIA in tonights Friendly International match played at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium" (Madrid). A very difficult game with a very serious & physical Colombian side that had their chances but missed plenty of opportunities. They gave the Spanish Football Team a good knock around & it was only some individual magic from Navas & Silva that saved the

SPANISH FOOTBALL U-21 NATIONAL TEAM defeated DENMARK 2 - 1 in their Friendly International game played tonight in the city of Gualadajara. Spain scores against Denmark The first half saw a well positioned Denmark side allowing Spain the initiative & using the counter-attack as their main weapon.

SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente del Bosque has handed in his list of 21 Spanish Football players to make up the squad for the upcoming International Friendly against COLOMBIA on the 9th of February. This match also serves as a trainer for the soon to return Euro Group qualifiers & to keep the team tuned.

Behind Sporting KC foward Teal Bunbury's first international goal the United States Men's National Team drew with Chile on Saturday night in Carson, CA.
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About 15,000 tickets - yes, many of them to Chileans - have been sold for tonight's annual January Home Depot Center international friendly that features a very young American squad, as reporter Phil Collin observes.

The result of this game, perhaps, matters even less than it has in the past seven years, but to me it still boasts several compelling features.